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Monday, July 24, 2017

Iola welfare office to close this fall

By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

Iola’s Kansas Department for Children and Families service center, which administers welfare benefits to local residents in need, will close this fall.

The 15 staffers received a letter earlier this month from Rob Estell, east regional director of DCF, confirming the closure.

“Due to the declining number of clients requesting services through this office, closing this particular service center made the most sense,” Estell wrote.

The Iola office serves clients in Allen and Woodson counties. Those services for walk-in clients now will be handled in Chanute.

“With the availability of applications and contact information through our pub-

past couple of years, as part of a statewide effort to consolidate services, and was approved earlier this year by the State Legislature, noted Theresa Freed, DCF spokeswoman.

Freed said 1,924 clients The Kansas Department for Children and Families confirmed this receive welfare benefits month the Iola service center will close this fall. REGISTER/RICHARD through the Iola office. OthLUKEN ers (fewer than 500) receive lic website, many clients will wrote. vocational rehabilitation serlikely communicate via the Closing the Iola center See CLOSING | Page A4 internet or by phone,” Estell had been considered for the

Something’s cooking in 4-H El Dorado Correctional Facility

Prison staffing at issue

By JOHN HANNA The Associated Press

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A union representing Kansas state employees said Friday that some officers are being required to work 16-hour shifts at a maximum-security prison that was the scene of an hours-long inmate disturbance last month.

The Kansas Organization of State Employees disclosed that it filed a grievance earlier this month directly with Corrections Secretary Joe Norwood. The union said requiring El Dorado Correctional Facility officers to work such long shifts violates a bargaining agreement between employees and the department.

Robert Choromanski, the union’s executive director, said the practice also is dangerous. He said eight officers complained to KOSE, which filed its grievance with Norwood on July 12. He said the extra-long shifts began in early July — only days after See PRISON | Page A4

Klubek bakes up fair success

By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

Erin Klubek remembers all too well early forays at the Allen County Fair.

She joined the Square B 4-H Club almost on a lark, because a few of her friends had decided to restart the group.

“My older sister (Megan) and I decided we wanted to help,” Klubek said.

She did so with frequent success, earning top ribbons for her foods and photography entries in particular.

Now, the setting has changed.

Long gone are those days in which Klubek would seek, and receive, assistance from older 4-H’ers as she prepared her fair projects.

Instead, she’s the one who others turn to for help.

“Sometimes I’ll help (4-H’ers) from other clubs, but mostly I help those inside our club,” Klubek said. “After all, we’re all kind of competitive with each other.”

With its total enrollment of fewer than 20, Square B offers more one-on-one See KLUBEK | Page A4

Erin Klubek shows off loaves of bread she will enter this year at the Allen County Fair. REGISTER/ RICHARD LUKEN

Thousands in KC without power

By ROBERT A. CRONKELTON and JOE ROBERTSON The Kansas City Star

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (TNS) — Nearly 100,000 people woke up without power Sunday morning after severe storms swept through the Kansas City area overnight, downing trees and power lines.

Some outages are expected to stretch into today amid potentially dangerous heat.

Widespread power outages were being reported across the Kansas City area after winds from the storms reached 70 GRAPHIC COURTESY OF DREAMTIME/TNS

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Trump son-in-law denies collusion WASHINGTON (AP) — Senior White House adviser Jared Kushner denied today he colluded with Russians in the course of President Donald Trump’s White House bid, declaring in a statement ahead of interviews with congressional committees that he has “nothing to hide.” He arrived this morning on Capitol Hill.

The 11-page statement, released hours before Kushner’s closed-door appearance before the Senate intelligence committee, details four contacts with Russians during Trump’s campaign and transition. It aims to explain in-

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consistencies and omissions in a security clearance form that have invited public scrutiny.

“I did not collude, nor Jared Kushner know of anyone else in the campaign who colluded, with any foreign government,” Kushner said in the prepared remarks in which he also insists that none of the contacts, which include meetings at Trump Tower with the Russian ambassador and a Russian lawyer, was improper.

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Monday, July 24, 2017

Nine die in sweltering truck SAN ANTONIO So these people were (AP) — A man will in this trailer without be charged in federal any signs of any type court today following of water,” San Antohis arrest in the deaths nio Fire Chief Charles of nine people whose Hood said. “very hot” bodies were Authorities would found in a sweltering not say whether the tractor-trailer in a Tex- trailer was locked as parking lot along- when they arrived, side nearly 20 others but they said it had no who were still alive but working air conditionin dire condition, fed- ing. eral prosecutors said.

It was just the latest Authorities fear the smuggling-by-truck opdeath toll from the eration to end in traggrim weekend discov- edy. In one of the worst ery could rise because cases on record in the many of those hos- U.S., 19 immigrants pitalized locked inwere sufside a stifering from fling rig The victims died in Vicextreme dehyd r a t i o n “were very hot to toria, Texand heat- touch. So these as, in 2003. stroke, of- people were in B a s e d ficials said on initial this trailer with- interviews Sunday. “ W e ’ r e out any signs of with survilooking at any type of water. vors of the San Antoa human— San Antonio nio tragedy, trafficking Fire Chief more than crime,” Charles Hood 100 people said San may have Antonio Pobeen packed lice Chief William McManus, into the back of the calling it “a horrific 18-wheeler at one point in its journey, ICE acttragedy.”

James Mathew Brad- ing Director Thomas ley Jr., 60, of Clearwa- Homan said. Officials ter, Florida, has been said 39 people were taken into custody and inside when rescuers will be charged in fed- arrived, and the rest eral court on Monday, were believed to have prosecutors said. The escaped or hitched U.S. Attorney’s Office rides to their next deswouldn’t say whether tination.

Four of the surviBradley was the alleged driver of the vors appeared to be betruck. It was not imme- tween 10 and 17 years diately known whether old, Homan said. InvesBradley had an attor- tigators gave no details ney who could speak on where the rig began its journey or where it on his behalf.

One U.S. official said was headed.

But Homan said it Sunday evening that 17 of those rescued were was unlikely the truck being treated for inju- was used to carry the ries that were consid- immigrants across the border into the United ered life-threatening.

Authorities were States. He said people called to the Walmart from Latin America parking lot in San An- who rely on smuggling typically tonio late Saturday networks or early Sunday and cross the border on foot found eight people and are then picked up dead inside the truck. by a driver.

“Even though they A ninth victim died at the hospital, said have the driver in cusLiz Johnson, spokes- tody, I can guarantee woman for U.S. Immi- you there’s going to gration and Customs be many more people we’re looking for to Enforcement.

Homan The victims “were prosecute,” very hot to the touch. said.

Obituaries

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Glenn and Joan Barnby A Celebration of Life service on the lives of Glenn and Joan Barnby will be at 11 a.m. Aug. 5 at the First Christian Church, 102 N. Grant Ave., Chanute, KS Joan Barnby 66720. Graveside ser- Glenn Barnby vices will be at 10 a.m.

Aug. 7 at the Chanute Cemetery, 1002 E. 14th St.

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— Iola City Council meeting, 6 p.m., John Silas Bass Community Building, 505 N. Buckeye St.

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— Iola Kiwanis Club, noon, Allen County Regional Hospital.

— Allen County Regional Hospital trustees meeting, 7 p.m., meeting room at Allen County Regional Hospital.

— Allen County Democrats meeting, 7 p.m., courthouse basement meeting room.

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— Iola BPOE No. 569, 8 p.m., Elks Lodge.

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— Senior Citizens Card Club potluck dinner, 5:30 p.m., senior citizens center.

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mph and produced heavy lightning.

Kansas City Power & Light reported on Facebook that as many as 115,000 customers were without power at the height of the storm.

Overnight, it assessed the total impact of the

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damage and called in all available crews to restore power.

As of 11 a.m. Sunday, about 64,141 customers remained without power.

“This will be a multiday restoration,” said Jeremy McNeive, manager of media communications for KCP&L.

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expressing his own hope it will be a repealand-replace measure.

“But no matter which camp you’re in, you can’t have a debate about either unless we get on the bill. So we need a ‘yes’ vote.”

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Health bill still a mystery before vote WA S H I N G T O N (AP) — The Senate will move forward with a key vote this week on a Republican health bill but it’s not yet known whether the legislation will seek to replace President Barack Obama’s health care law or simply repeal it.

Sen. John Thune of South Dakota said Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will make a decision soon on which bill to bring up for a vote, depending on ongoing discussions with GOP senators. Thune sought to cast this week’s initial vote as important but mostly procedural, allowing senators to begin debate and propose amendments.

But he acknowledged that senators should be able to know beforehand what bill they will be considering.

“That’s a judgment that Senator McConnell will make at some point this week before the vote,” Thune said,

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Monday, July 24, 2017

~ Journalism that makes a difference

Gov. Chris Christie gives Brownback welcome company Misery loves company.

So Gov. Sam Brownback can take solace in that New Jersey’s Chris Christie was ranked alongside him as the most unpopular governors in the country.

Morning Consult, a digital media company that focuses on finance and politics, released the findings last week taken from a fourmonth survey of 200,000 registered voters.

Brownback and Christie have a 25 percent approval rating, while two-thirds of their constituents gave them thumbs down.

Brownback is disliked because of his refusal to redress the dysfunction caused by his tax cut plan of 2012 as well as his veto this spring of the legislature’s vote to expand Medicaid.

Christie’s latest faux pas was to vacation on a state beach that had been closed due to a temporary shutdown of state services.

By contrast, the governors of Maryland and Massachusetts have strong support even though they are Republicans in predominantly Democratic states, including their legislatures.

Their secret?

Charlie Baker, Massachusetts, and Larry Hogan, Maryland, have adopted

non-partisan approaches to governing and kept their distance from aligning with President Donald Trump, who lost by big majorities in their states.

But that doesn’t mean they are playing it safe.

Under their leadership, Massachusetts and Maryland have endorsed the expansion of Medicaid and renewed their efforts to develop offshore wind power.

Gov. Baker was one of several Republican governors to state his objections to the U.S. Senate’s health care bill, saying it would cost Massachusetts more than $8 billion by 2025 if enacted.

Where has Gov. Brownback been in this nationwide discussion?

Maryland’s Hogan also signed legislation this spring to ban hydraulic fracking, making it the third state, after New York and Vermont, to do so, and led the state in giving tax incentives to new manufacturers looking to locate in Maryland as well as those existing businesses for any jobs they create.

In essence, they are being good stewards of their land and their people. With those being the goals, Democratic or Republican, everyone wins.

— Susan Lynn

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Gates Rubber-Iola is the best of the bunch. Gov. Bill Graves made that official early this afternoon when he presented Gates Rubber Company the 1997 Kansas Business Appreciation Award of Excellence, a relatively new statewide award that designates the No. 1 company in the state. Carol Porter, human resources manager, accepted the award on the company’s behalf. *****

David Ensminger of Moran reports that a five-acre plot of land has yielded 108 bushels of wheat per acre, the highest yield that he has had in about 50 years of farming. Yields of 60 bushels an acre are common this year.

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younger sister, Kayla, spent Wednesday and Thursday under a sweltering Kansas sun selling lemonade at 25 cents a glass. All of Jessica’s profits — $32 for two days of work — went to best friend Darcy Matthew, a schoolmate at LaHarpe Elementary School diagnosed with a cancerous brain tumor in March. *****

Members of the former Immaculate Conception St. Mary’s Catholic Church and Owl Creek Parish, which was about 10 miles southeast of Yates Center until it was torn down in the 1950s, have placed a plaque in the church’s cemetery recognizing its importance. Alfred Link, who led the efforts of the former members, said the church was the first Catholic settlement in Woodson County and was the fourth oldest parish in the Wichita Diocese.

Spicer is latest Trump casualty; more to come WASHINGTON — Sean Spicer wasn’t a Trump guy.

During the primaries, when he was chief strategist to the Republican National Committee, Spicer told friends that he was confident Donald Trump wouldn’t win the nomination and that if Trump did, both Spicer and RNC chairman Reince Priebus would have to do some soul-searching about whether they could remain in their jobs.

Not only did Spicer and Priebus continue, but also they became fierce advocates for Trump during the general election and took senior roles in his White House. A cynic would say they saw Trump as their meal tickets. A more charitable interpretation is that they were hoping to tame Trump, to temper the crazy.

Mike Pence, who had reservations about Trump but accepted the vice presidential nomination, made a similar calculation.

The choice wasn’t irrational. I don’t blame them for trying. But they were wrong: This beast will not be tamed.

Spicer, disgraced for the past six months because of his extravagant pugilism and lavish untruths on Trump’s behalf, finally quit Friday.

Priebus, suffering the shame of being a chief of staff with neither power nor the president’s ear, will likely follow soon, at least if he wishes to keep intact some dignity.

In business, Trump tended to destroy those around him, walking away from failure relatively unscathed while others — lenders, partners, vendors — paid the cost.

Something similar is happening to those around Trump now, but this isn’t a casino — it’s our country.

Nobody has been more slavishly loyal to Trump than Attorney General Jeff Sessions,

Dana Milbank Washington Post Writers Group one of his earliest supporters in the Senate; now Trump is publicly savaging him. Trump is likewise disparaging Rod J. Rosenstein, the man he appointed to be the No. 2 at the Justice Department, as well as the special counsel that Rosenstein appointed. Trump has publicly contradicted Secretary of State Rex Tillerson twice (on Qatar and Russia sanctions) and has denied Tillerson even the dignity of staffing his own agency.

Trump accepted Chris Christie’s over-the-top support during the campaign then cast him aside.

He demands loyalty but offers little. Bodies, meritorious and otherwise, pile up: James Comey, Preet Bharara, Michael Flynn, Paul Manafort, Corey Lewandowski, Carter Page, Mike Dubke, Monica Crowley, Mark Corallo, Marc Kasowitz and, now, Spicer.

In comes Trump pal Anthony Scaramucci, financier and Fox News chatterbox, named White House communications director Friday. He appeared before the cameras to praise Trump (“he’s genuinely a wonderful human being”), to suspend disbelief (“I actually think the White House is on track and we’re actually, I think, doing a really good job”) and to say that “there is probably some level of truth” even to things Trump says that sound patently false.

Asked if he’ll be truthful, he replied, “I hope you can feel that from me just from my body language.”

He’ll fit right in. This is

more of the same for a president who prefers friends and kin to the threat to his ego that could come from appointing people with the experience to run the federal government and the heft to tell Trump when he is wrong. Trump’s Cabinet of billionaires has proven more adept at flattering their boss (Incredible honor! Greatest privilege of my life!) than navigating the bureaucracy. Young son-inlaw Jared Kushner, out of his depth as he runs everything from Middle East peace negotiations to reforming the federal government, has, along with Donald Trump Jr., worsened the president’s Russia headaches.

Conservative foreign-policy academic Eliot Cohen in November wrote a prescient op-ed for The Post saying conservatives should not serve in the administration because Trump “is surrounding himself with mediocrities whose chief qualification seems to be unquestioning loyalty.”

Cohen argued that the president’s team would be “triumphalist rabble-rousers and demagogues, abetted by people out of their depth and unfit for the jobs they will hold, gripped by grievance, resentment and lurking insecurity.

Their mistakes — because there will be mistakes — will be exceptional.” He predicted that until the administration can acquire humility and magnanimity, “it will smash into crises and failures.”

So it has. Luckily, the lack of expertise in the White House hasn’t been tested by a major crisis yet, such as war, a large-scale terrorist attack or economic collapse. The troubles Trump faces are of the self-inflicted variety.

Scaramucci won’t succeed any more than Spicer. The problem is more than personnel — it’s the principal.

Bipartisan in deed; bravo for Problems Solvers Caucus Bipartisanship has become so rare in Washington that any hint of it becomes noteworthy. A group of 44 members of the House of Representatives — 22 Republicans and 22 Democrats — are vowing to work together to improve the lives of their constituents. Imagine that.

It seems logical that intelligent men and women would be able to find at least some common ground, even on the most difficult of topics. At times, it appears that no business is actually getting done in our nation’s capital. Most notably, partisanship is on the verge of derailing muchneeded health care reform.

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one-sided, that your opponent can offer something of value to the debate. It is a refreshing, nonantagonistic attitude. “The folks who sent me here don’t want me to take a pure obstructionist approach,” Mr. Gottheimer told The Washington Post.

The caucus adopted rules that if three-quarters of its members agree on a position, the group will vote as a bloc on the House floor. Those rules mean, of course, that some representatives would have to cross party lines to trigger the three-fourths rule, but almost all members come from competitive districts, giving them more in-

centive to compromise.

To this point, the Problem Solvers have been focused on tax reform and infrastructure. But as health care efforts in the Senate have stalled, the group has begun meeting about bipartisan options to fix the issue.

As Mr. Gottheimer said, not all Democrats want their representative to be an obstructionist. And not all of Mr. Reed’s constituents want him to be a bully. The Problem Solvers Caucus offers a ray of hope in bringing some civility to America’s partisan wars in Congress.

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instruction for its younger members, Klubek noted.

“We can work together a lot more,” she said.

Klubek hopes to stick with what works in the 2017 Fair, which gets underway this week.

She’s putting the finishing touches on her photography and foods entries — two mainstays — while returning to another former project, buymanship.

“I restarted buymanship last year,” Klubek noted. “It was always fun to go to the Friends of 4-H Picnic and get to see the kids. I figured I’d try it again, and I saw I still liked it.”

Tuesday’s Friends of 4-H Picnic includes the annual Style Revue, in which participants will be judged on either clothes they made themselves or those purchased (dubbed buymanship.)

Klubek sticks with buymanship, which she

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vices and prevention and protection services.

Each of the 15 employees at the Iola office will retain their jobs, Estell wrote, but will commute to Chanute once the closure becomes effective sometime this fall.

A handful may remain in Iola for a brief time in a satellite location until the transition is complete.

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Erin Klubek earned a blue ribbon at the state fair in 2016 for this photograph of her grandmother’s hospice rose.

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described “mostly shopping,” but with a few twists.

Participants look not only at style and price, but how such an outfit best fits a 4-H’er’s lifestyle, including “how much it will cost to wash, if it’s something that can make us look cool, and if we can afford it,” she explained.

Klubek had purchased her clothes already this summer, but as of last week, was still considering how to coordinate her garments.

“I like to experiment a little bit,” she said. “Sometimes you get something quickly, sometimes I figure out later on I don’t like it. I tend to go with my gut instinct.”

Klubek had competed in buymanship in her first year as a 4-H member before returning to it last year. (This is her seventh go-around.)

“I got a blue ribbon my first year, and a purple last year, so I guess I got better,” she laughed.

Iolans Kelly and Natalie Klubek, Erin also has high hopes for her foods and photography projects.

She’ll bake a loaf of bread, a blackberry pie, and will try for the first time, macaroons.

“Macaroons are difficult,” she observed.

“You have to sift almond flour, and you can’t beat it or mix it for too long. There are a lot of steps that you have to do perfectly.”

Macaroons are part of a natural progression for Klubek, who started as a youth with simple recipes, but has steadily advanced over the years.

“Judges want to see more from us,” she said.

She hopes to build on last year’s success, when her mint chocholate chip fudge earned purple ribbons at both the county and state fairs.

KLUBEK also hopes to return to the state fair with her photography.

Last year’s state fair qualifying picture was of a hospice rose given to her grandmother.

“I like to look around and see what would be a cool picture,” she said, “and I’ve always liked taking pictures of flowers.”

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Oftentimes, the hardest part for Klubek is getting the right opportunity.

“My phone doesn’t have a very good camera, and I don’t usually have a camera with me,” she said.

When not focused on 4-H, Klubek is gearing up for her final year of high schools, where her schedule is packed with extra-curricular activities.

She’s a state band qualifier, is a member of the National Honors Society and Student Council, Scholars’ Bowl team. She also competes in tennis and track.

“School’s been pretty good,” she said. “I’m kind of scared about going to college and leaving all my friends here. But it will be an opportunity to meet new friends and go through new experiences.”

Klubek plans to enroll next fall at MidAmerica Nazarene University in Olathe.

She’s undecided on her major.

THE FAIR gets underway with Tuesday’s Friends of 4-H Picnic and Style Revue and runs through next Monday.

A schedule of events runs on Page A2.

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the disturbance.

“It’s hard for a human being to work more than 12 hours a day,” Choromanski said. “It is a safety issue.”

The state prison system has been plagued with high turnover rates in recent years because the pay for corrections officers is often lower than that in the federal prison system or at many county jails.

The department informed the union in mid-June that it would require employees to work 12-hours shifts at least until mid-September, a practice allowed by the bargaining agreement. But Choromanski said the El Dorado officers complained because an additional four hours sometimes are being added to those lengthened shifts.

“They have no time for their families,” he said.

Department of Corrections spokesman Todd Fertig declined to comment “on what is a personnel matter.”

The El Dorado prison houses some of Kansas’ most dangerous offenders, despite having a mix of mediumand maximum-security cells. The prison opened in 1991 about 30 miles east of Wichita. The prison held about 1,800 inmates as of Thursday, about 100 fewer than it did on June 29,

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when the disturbance occurred. Its population increased between March and June.

Choromanski has said the disturbance began when some prisoners refused to return to their cell houses. He said inmates for a time controlled parts of the prison, including the gym, the yard and the kitchen.

The department reported no major injuries from the disturbance but refused to release reports on the incident or prison video from that day in response to an open records request from The Associated Press.

In filing the grievance, KOSE cited a section of the agreement between employees and the Department of Corrections that says no employee shall be required to work more than 12 hours in a single 24-hour period. Another section says with “an officially declared emergency,” an employee can be required to work 18 consecutive hours, as long as six hours of rest follows.

Choromanski said the corrections secretary has until Aug. 2 to respond to the grievance.

The union can seek arbitration, but an arbiter’s decision is appealed to Republican Gov. Sam Brownback, who appointed Norwood. A lawsuit is possible after that.

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Racing: Humboldt Speedway

Keeter and Jolly keep pressure on NASCAR points race

By JEFF FEHR

Humboldt — On a hot Friday night at Humboldt Speedway, fans kept cool as the racing heated up in NASCAR Whelen All-American Racing. Webb City’s Mitch Keeter, currently third in Division I standings, returned to McCarthy Auto Group / Humboldt Speedway victory lane with a wire to wire win.

Keeter held off a late race charge from Tad Davis to garner the victory. Chase Domer, Paden Phillips and Cody Schniepp rounded out the top

MLB: Royals 5, WSox 4

five. Next week, Whelen AllAmerican modifieds will race for a $1,000 purse.

Cody Jolly backed up consecutive wins in Ray’s Metal Depot B Mod action to extend his track points and national Division II lead. Jolly outdueled Chanute’s Jimmie Davis, who started on the pole, to wrestle the lead away on lap one. Jolly then held off Chanute’s Kenton Allen who held on for a season-high finish in second. Tyler Kidwell, Davis and Riley Whitworth completed the top five. Heat race wins went to Kidwell, Jolly and David Milt.

In Pitt Steel Street Stocks, Jay Lamons Jr. regained the lead with one lap remaining from Longton’s Shane Cook, to pick up another win. Cook had tracked down and passed the leader Lamons, only to miss his mark on the last lap and allow Lamons a shot at redemption. Nick Fritch, Jeremy Willard and Rusty Etherton completed the top five spots. Heat race wins went to Lamons and Etherton.

Whitworth Construction Factory Stocks saw the continuing battle between Jon Westhoff and Bryce Weldon add another chapter. Weldon

used his pole position starting spot to hold off Westhoff and Jacob Ellison. Ellison scooted by Westhoff to finish second, Westhoff settling for third. Chanute’s Derrek Wilson and Joey Decoster made up the top five. Heat race wins went to Weldon and Westhoff.

O’Reilly Automotive Sports Compacts saw John Willard pick up his tenth win on the year, allowing Willard to make good on his promise to supply a free bicycle to some lucky fan to be given away at the July 28 races. Willard’s win came a bit harder as Humboldt’s Eric Ikehorn

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closed the gap on Willard in the closing laps for second.

Cayden Vance rounded out the top three. Heat race wins went to Vance and Willard.

An added bonus to Friday’s night racing was the return of Midwest Mod Lites at Humboldt Speedway.

Independence, Mo.’s Dillon Raffurty held off family and fellow racers to pick up a hard fought A Feature win.

Raffurty, starting on the pole, got out to a sizable lead before cautions brought him back to the pack. One of those trackSee RACEWAY | Page B4

Iola Seahorses: League Swim Meet

Royals sweep Chicago, win five-in-a-row

By RUSTIN DODD The Kansas City Star

KANSAS CITY — Banished to the minor leagues in April, Whit Merrifield has spent the last four months illuminating the folly of that decision. He has grown into a central part of the Royals’ offense, shoring up the leadoff spot. He has played splendid defense at second base. He has offered an element of grit and athleticism and speed, and on Sunday afternoon against the Chicago White Sox, he showcased what might be his most useful tool: the ability to deliver in the clutch.

In a 5-4 victory over the Chicago White Sox, Merrifield hit two homers for the first time in his career, including a game-tying blast in the bottom of the eighth inning. The solo homer set the stage for the Royals’ fourth walk-off victory in eight days in the bottom of the ninth.

Brandon Moss ripped a walk-off double down the right-field line against White Sox reliever Tyler Clippard, scoring Lorenzo Cain from second. The Royals (50-47) closed out a 10game home stand with five straight victories. They remain a game and a half behind first-place Cleveland in the American League Central.

Mike Moustakas opened the ninth inning with a single and exited for Cain, a pinch runner who was given a day off Sunday. Cain advanced to second on a wild pitch before shortstop Alcides Escobar was plunked in the hand by reliever Gregory Infante.

Moments later, White Sox manager Rick Renteria summoned Clippard to face Moss.

The Royals opened the day with four solo homers before Moss’ late RBI double.

One night after matching a franchise record with five homers at Kauffman Stadium, the Royals picked up where they left off on Sunday afternoon. Merrifield opened the bottom of the fourth with a solo homer on a 2-0 sinker from Derek Holland. That was just the beginning of a fourth-inning blitzkrieg. The next batter, rookie Jorge Bonifacio, homered for a second straight day, recording his See ROYALS | Page B4

The Iola Seahorses hosted the league swim meet on Saturday. From left, Noah Schowengerdt and Gannon Hutton compete in the meet. Tents surround the swimming pool in Riverside Park. Seven teams from around the area came to compete. REGISTER/TIMOTHY EVERSON

BEAT THE HEAT Seahorses host League swim meet to close out their season

By TIM EVERSON The Iola Register

The temperature may have reached triple-digits on Saturday but the Iola Seahorses kept it cool as they hosted their league swim meet on Saturday.

Six teams from around the area traveled to Riverside Park to compete including Chanute, Coffeyville, Erie,

Fort Scott, Humboldt and Independence.

Iola hasn’t hosted the meet since 2010 but Seahorse head coach Chelsea Lea was impressed with how well the recreation department ran the meet.

“I know we hadn’t hosted in a while so I thought the rec office did a really good job,” Lea said. “I thought everything went really smooth,

there wasn’t a lot of wait between the races. A couple of times we had to wait for the computer to catch up but mostly we just ran straight through and that was nice.”

The meet ran from 9 a.m. to around 5:30 p.m. and had 144 different races.

The Seahorses had 22 total athletes competing including 9 girls and 13 boys. Iola was the second smallest team at

the meet just ahead of Erie.

“The kids did great,” Lea said. “I felt like they were ready to go and they were also some of the most well behaved kids there. I wish they behaved that well in practice.

But they were in the zone and ready to swim. A couple of them beat their times and a couple got best in their heats.

I was really proud.”

See SEAHORSES | Page B4

American Legion Baseball: Iola 10, Frontenac 4

Iola Indians statebound after Friday’s zone win

By TIM EVERSON The Iola Register

For the second year in a row, the Post 15 Iola Indians have punched their ticket to state.

After suffering through a championship game where almost nothing went its way, Iola got back on track, cruising past the Post 45 Frontenac Raiders 10-4 Friday night. Iola previously

beat Frontenac in Wednesday’s zone tournament by 1-0.

The Raiders were coming off a win against Baldwin when the Indians got to work quickly as an error in the outfield allowed two Iola runners to score pushing the early lead to 2-0.

Ben Cooper made it a first inning hat trick with Indians players and coaches posing with their trophy after beating a single as Iola scored See INDIANS | Page B4

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Check your prostate!

DEAR DR. ROACH:

I am a 65-year-old male, generally in good health and on no medication. I recently went for a checkup, and the doctor did not take a PSA blood test, nor did he perform a digital exam on me. I don’t have severe issues with urinating, but the stream is not as strong as it used to be. According to my doctor, I have prostate gland enlargement, but he seems unconcerned with my prostate health. He said that they no longer perform PSA tests.

I know a few people who have had prostate cancer, but they have been treated and are well, except they no longer have a prostate.

Should I be insisting on these tests? — P.O. ANSWER: I am disappointed by the quality of care you report.

PSA tests are still done, but they aren’t right for everyone. The goal of screening is to identify high-risk prostate cancer so that it can be treated early. You should have a chance to hear about your options.

Many cases of prostate cancer, especially those found by screening, are what could be termed “low-risk” prostate cancer. In this case, the best option is careful monitoring; this also is called “active surveillance.” Men with low-risk prostate cancer in an active surveillance program are carefully monitored and later can be reclassified as high risk, at

Dr. Keith Roach To Your Good Health which point treatment is considered. Men who are comfortable with active surveillance are good candidates for prostate cancer screening. Men who are uncomfortable NOT treating prostate cancer, even if it is low risk, will be more likely to see harm than benefit from prostate cancer screening.

In the less-common case that high-risk prostate cancer is found, the ability to intervene early may give some survival benefit. The goal of this screening strategy is to avoid unnecessary (and potentially harmful) treatment of low-risk prostate cancer while still trying to identify people who would benefit from early intervention.

A slow urinary stream is a nearuniversal finding in 65-year-old men, and is not a reason to change screening strategies.

DEAR DR. ROACH:

I am a woman who just turned 70 and has not been sexually active for 20-plus years. I haven’t had a gynecological exam in about the same amount of time, and I also have not explored my own body for quite a while.

The other day I decided to check things out “down there” and was surprised to see that

my labia have shrunk!

They used to be long and soft; now they have shrunken up into my body and barely cover the openings. I am just wondering if this is normal and if there is some way that I can stretch them back to their longer length. — J.K. ANSWER: This sounds like vulvovaginal atrophy. The vulva (including inner and outer labia) and vagina are dependent on estrogen to maintain their normal shape and function. At menopause, estrogen levels drop, and changes to the genitalia are expected. It is shocking to me that 70 percent of women with symptoms of vulvovaginal atrophy don’t discuss it with their doctors!

Symptoms can include painful sex (for women who remain sexually active), frequent urinary tract infections, pain and bleeding. The diagnosis usually can be made by physical exam.

There are many treatments, the most common of which is topical estrogen cream.

Without treatment, the condition is likely to continue or worsen, and some women will develop fusion of the labia.

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Practical joker needs to shut it

Monday, July 24, 2017

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Dear Carolyn: How do you shut up a perpetual joker? Someone who won’t shut up for a second or say a single sin-

Tell Me About It Carolyn Hax

cere thing as long as he has a rapt audience? Or is it on me, the annoyed person, to just minimize my exposure? — Philly Dear Philly: Pretty much. Even if it were universally agreed (it obviously isn’t) that his perpetual joking was unwelcome, it wouldn’t be your or anyone’s place to change him or “shut” him “up.” You can register displeasure, you can opt not to invite him, you can leave, you can call the usher if he talks in a theater. That’s about it.

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Phelps no match for shark By the Associated Press

Michael Phelps has finally met his match in the water: a “great white shark.”

The Olympic champion swimmer was bested Sunday night in the Discovery Channel’s Shark Week special “Phelps vs. Shark:

Great Gold vs. Great White.”

But Phelps didn’t swim with a real shark. He competed in the ocean against a computer-simulated fish based on data on the swimming speed of sharks.

Phelps was outfit-

ted with a wetsuit and a monofin to mimic a shark’s powerful tail.

He finished the 100 meter race in 38 seconds, 2 seconds slower than the simulated shark.

Phelps tweeted Sunday that he’d like a rematch, but in warmer water.

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Indians: Iola heads to state on Wednesday Continued from B1

more runs in the first inning of Friday night’s game than they did in the previous 14 innings of baseball.

“When you score two runs in the last two games, it’s nice to get three in the first inning, that’s for sure,” head coach Rick Vink said.

“When we got that lead, everyone just relaxed a little bit.

Everyone was able to get into the game and play their game. As a coach, that’s the best way to do it if you can.”

From there it was fairly smooth sailing.

Indians starter Daylon Splane cruised his way through the first four innings,

his first action on the mound in over three weeks.

“Daylon is just guts man, he’s just pure guts,” Vink said.

“He may be small in stature but he has the biggest heart. He will fight you, he’s a bulldog and there’s not really anyone else that I’d like to have on the mound in that situation.”

After Iola added another three-spot to the scoreboard in the top of the fifth, Splane slipped a little, giving up his first earned runs of the season as three Frontenac players crossed home plate.

Splane battled through and with two outs and the bases loaded, he managed

to escape without any further damage done.

“It takes a lot to get to Daylon,” Vink said. “He’s done a lot of pitching in a lot of situations in his career. He’s been the best pitcher on his high school team since he was a sophomore and he’s just clutch.”

Three runs in the top of the sixth pushed the Indians lead back to six and officially sealed the deal for Iola’s state hopes.

Frontenac flirted with a comeback in the bottom of the seventh but was only able to get one run across.

They now head to Marysville on

Wednesday and take on Russell in the second game of the day. “(Russell) got second in the state tournament last year,” Vink said. “I know they lost a few a kids but they’re back at state this year but we’re making a trip back there too. It should be a good matchup.”

Vink hopes that his team’s experience with being on the big stage pays dividends in their return to state.

“This is the third state appearance for most of our kids and second for almost all of them,” Vink said. “There should be no butterflies. We should come out and expect to win.”

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13th home run of the season. Moments later, Eric Hosmer deposited a solo shot over the wall in right as the Royals hit back-toback-to-back homers for the first time since May 25, 2006.

On that day, Tony Graffanino, Angel Berroa and Doug Mientkiewicz hit

three consecutive homers against Detroit in the bottom of the first. The Tigers would rally with three runs in the eighth and five in the ninth, recording a 13-8 victory.

Starter Travis Wood squandered the 3-0 lead Sunday by allowing four runs in the fifth. The Royals, however, provided more late-game drama in the eighth and ninth innings.

Seahorses: Continued from B1

Multiple tents lined the outside of the swimming pool fence, as the crowd did their best to hide from the sun while watching the swimmers compete.

“The last time we hosted I was in the meet,” Lea said. “So it was really cool

because I remember how big the last one was but being on the outside of it all I thought it went really well.

I was impressed with all of the kids and all of the volunteers.”

The meet was the last of the season for the Seahorses.

Raceway: $1,000 on the line for next Friday’s race Continued from B1

ing down the leader was Kansas City, Mo.’s David Raffurty, related to the leader but still a competitor. The two battled side by side for two laps before Dillon could regain the lead and the win.

David Raffurty settled for second with Pleasant Hill, Mo.’s Ed Griggs taking the third spot.

Racing returns July 28 with a $1,000 to win Modified special. The following week, warriors from the USMTS National Modified Series invade the mile high banks to compete in part of “The Hunt,” sponsored by Casey’s General Store. The Hunt kicks off in Springfield, Mo. on Thursday August 3rd and the travels to Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, Missouri on August 5th. For further information please visit www.humboldtspeedway.com or follow us on Facebook or @humboldtspeedway on Twitter.

NASCAR Modifieds A Feature 1: 1. 1MMitch Keeter, [1]; 2.

75-Tad Davis, [3]; 3.

227-Chase Domer, [5]; 4.

9D8-Paden Phillips, [2]; 5.

21C-Cody Schniepp, [6]; 6. 18JR-Chase Sigg, [7]; 7.

21B-Bryce Schniepp, [8]; 8. 02-Tanner Mullens, [12]; 9. 40-Jesse Williard, [4]; 10. 1-Dennis Bishop, [9]; 11. 8X-Chad Thomsen, [11]; 12. 11S-Scotty Bough, [10] Heat 1: 1. 9D8-Paden Phillips, [1]; 2. 40-Jesse Williard, [2]; 3. 75-Tad Davis, [6]; 4. 21B-Bryce Schniepp, [4]; 5. 1-Dennis Bishop, [5]; 6. 8XChad Thomsen, [3] Heat 2: 1. 1M-Mitch Keeter, [4]; 2. 227-Chase Domer, [1]; 3. 21C-Cody Schniepp, [5]; 4. 18JRChase Sigg, [6]; 5. 11SScotty Bough, [3]; 6.

(DNF) 02-Tanner Mullens, [2] NASCAR B Modifieds A Feature 1: 1. 00-Cody Jolly, [2]; 2. 98K-Kenton Allen, [4]; 3. 54-Tyler Kidwell, [1]; 4. B01-Jimmie Davis, [8]; 5. R63Riley Whitworth, [11]; 6. 16-Matthew Kay, [10]; 7. 37-Tim Van Gotten, [7]; 8. 20C-Shane Collins, [19]; 9. 05-David Milt, [3]; 10. D18-Curt Drake, [17]; 11. 07-Daniel Harris, [5]; 12. D86-Eldon McIntosh, [12]; 13. 8-Mike Letterman, [9]; 14. H1-Mark Hunzinger, [6]; 15. 37 JClint Johnson, [15]; 16.

(DNF) 5-Dakota Foster, [14]; 17. (DNF) 32-Jordan Larkin, [13]; (DNS) 31-

Luke Phillips, ; (DNS) 121-Tim Phillips, Heat 1: 1. 54-Tyler Kidwell, [2]; 2. 07-Daniel Harris, [3]; 3. H1-Mark Hunzinger, [6]; 4. (DNF) 5-Dakota Foster, [4]; 5.

(DNF) 31-Luke Phillips, [1]; (DQ) 20C-Shane Collins, [5] Heat 2: 1. 00-Cody Jolly, [2]; 2. B01-Jimmie Davis, [1]; 3. 8-Mike Letterman, [5]; 4. R63-Riley Whitworth, [4]; 5. (DNF) 37 J-Clint Johnson, [6]; 6.

(DNF) D18-Curt Drake, [3] Heat 3: 1. 05-David Milt, [1]; 2. 98K-Kenton Allen, [4]; 3. 37-Tim Van Gotten, [6]; 4. 16-Matthew Kay, [5]; 5. D86Eldon McIntosh, [3]; 6.

32-Jordan Larkin, [7]; 7.

(DNF) 121-Tim Phillips, [2] NASCAR Street Stocks A Feature 1: 1. 0LJay Lamons Jr, [2]; 2.

19-Shane Cook, [3]; 3.

85-Nick Fritch, [4]; 4.

35-Jeremy Willard, [6]; 5. 8-Rusty Etherton, [1]; 6. 0-Ray Roberts, [5]; 7.

J31-Hunter Oswald, [8]; 8. XL7-Colby Carter, [9]; 9. 49-Ken Colston, [7]; (DNS) 87-Ethan Lamons, Heat 1: 1. 8-Rusty Etherton, [4]; 2. 19-Shane Cook, [3]; 3. 0-Ray Roberts, [5]; 4. 49-Ken Colston, [2]; 5. XL7-Colby Carter, [1] Heat 2: 1. 0L-Jay Lamons Jr, [3]; 2. 85-Nick Fritch, [1]; 3. 35-Jeremy Willard, [5]; 4. J31-Hunter Oswald, [4]; 5. (DNF) 87-Ethan Lamons, [2] Factory Stock A Feature 1: 1. 23JRBryce Weldon, [1]; 2.

21-Jacob Ellison, [8]; 3.

9-Jon Westhoff, [2]; 4.

3-Derrek Wilson, [3]; 5.

61-Joey Decoster, [5]; 6.

114-Wayne Johnson, [6]; 7. 13C-Chris Churning, [10]; 8. K84-Kris Dupuy, [13]; 9. 54-Todd Kidwell, [9]; 10. (DNF) 13V-Ethan Vance, [7]; 11. (DNF) 28W-Krew Walburn,

[11]; 12. (DNF) 18-Scott Collins, [4]; 13. (DNF) 77V-Cody Vink, [12]; 14.

(DNF) 89-Jackson McGowen, [14] Heat 1: 1. 23JR-Bryce Weldon, [1]; 2. 18-Scott Collins, [2]; 3. 61-Joey Decoster, [4]; 4. 21-Jacob Ellison, [3]; 5. 13C-Chris Churning, [5]; 6. (DNF) K84-Kris Dupuy, [7]; (DNS) 89-Jackson McGowen, Heat 2: 1. 9-Jon Westhoff, [1]; 2. 3-Derrek Wilson, [3]; 3. 114-Wayne Johnson, [4]; 4. 13VEthan Vance, [5]; 5. 54Todd Kidwell, [6]; 6. 28WKrew Walburn, [2]; 7.

77V-Cody Vink, [7] Sport Compact A Feature 1: 1. 12CZJohn Willard, [9]; 2.

22I-Eric Ikehorn, [8]; 3.

6-Cayden Vance, [1]; 4.

4-Curtis Wilson Jr, [3]; 5. 66-Barry Luthi, [2]; 6.

3-Trenton Wilson, [4]; 7.

18-Marisha Collins, [6]; 8. 6X-Chad Smith, [7]; 9. (DNF) 12R-Gannon

Monday, July 31 7 p.m.

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Smokin’ Hot Pork in the Park Picnic 10 a.m.1:30 p.m.

Neil Westervelt Memorial CAR SHOW & Motorcycles $20 Entry Fee

Registration: 8-11 a.m.; Cruise for Kids through Iola: 2 p.m. cars.iola-rotary.org • See us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/iolarotarycars

Pulled Pork Sandwich, Chips and Drink for $5 Purchase of sandwich includes 1 ticket for cash & prize drawings.

Drawings to be held at 1:30 p.m.

Reed, [5] Heat 1: 1. 6-Cayden Vance, [5]; 2. 66-Barry Luthi, [3]; 3. 3-Trenton Wilson, [2]; 4. 12R-Gannon Reed, [4]; 5. 18-Marisha Collins, [1] Heat 2: 1. 12CZ-John Willard, [3]; 2. 22I-Eric Ikehorn, [2]; 3. 4-Curtis Wilson Jr, [4]; 4. (DNF) 6X-Chad Smith, [1] Mod Lites A Feature 1: 1. 7-Dillon Raffurty, [1]; 2. 76-David Raffurty, [3]; 3. 47-Ed Griggs, [14]; 4. 36-Travis Alexander, [6]; 5. 98-Jeff Raffurty, [5]; 6. 75-Justin Raffurty, [15]; 7. 26-Owen Edwards, [4]; 8. 3-Nathan Wolfe, [2]; 9. 2J-John Sharp, [9]; 10. 33-Anthony Lane, [10]; 11. 60-Cody Kretchmar, [7]; 12. 8B-

Cody Vail, [11]; 13. (DNF) 33L-Mark Lane, [12]; 14.

(DNF) 12B-Kellie Vail, [13]; (DNS) 23-Abby Morris, ; (DNS) 7 R-Michael Raffurty, Heat 1: 1. 7-Dillon Raffurty, [5]; 2. 76-David Raffurty, [6]; 3. 36-Travis Alexander, [2]; 4. 60-Cody Kretchmar, [3]; 5. 2JJohn Sharp, [7]; 6. (DNF) 75-Justin Raffurty, [4]; 7.

(DNF) 23-Abby Morris, [1]; (DNS) 47-Ed Griggs, Heat 2: 1. 3-Nathan Wolfe, [5]; 2. 26-Owen Edwards, [6]; 3. 98-Jeff Raffurty, [7]; 4. 7 R-Michael Raffurty, [1]; 5. 33-Anthony Lane, [2]; 6. 8B-Cody Vail, [4]; 7. 33L-Mark Lane, [3]; 8. 12B-Kellie Vail, [8]

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